Florida Program Number: M812040
Total Hours: 900 Hours

MISSION:
Our mission is to prepare students with the technical and business skills needed to secure employment in the Industrial Distribution and Manufacturing Industries.  Our graduates will be capable of obtaining positions in Technical Sales, Logistics, Support Services, Warehouse or Management.

DESCRIPTION:
This program prepares students for employment in the industrial distribution and manufacturing industry.  Industrial distribution includes electrical, wholesale, plumbing, plastic, HVAC and other product distribution.  Content includes, but is not limited to: distribution, operations procedures, sales techniques, computer programs, business math, business letters and reports, inventory control operations, negotiating techniques, marketing and economics, human relations and industrial shop distribution applications. 
The course includes a thee-week rotating externship component.

UNIQUE REQUIREMENTS:
The State of Florida requires students to meet a basic skills requirement prior to program completion. The basic skills grade levels for this program are Mathematics 9. 0, Language 9.0 and Reading 9.0

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION: None as this time.

JOB TRAINING INCLUDES: Occupational Completion Points (OCP)
OCPs provide a student with early completion training options linked to employment opportunities established by the Florida Department of Education based on the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system and accepted industry titles.

Local employers have verified that the range of wages that can be reasonably expected by students who enter this field upon completion of the program is:

From $24,000.annually to $60,000.annually
(Based on year-round, full-time employment)

OCP A: Customer Service Representative (225 Hours)

• Introduction to Industrial Distribution
• Marketing and Economics
• Human Relations Principals
• Effective Communication Skills                                   
  

OCP B:  Billing Clerk (225 Hours)

• Computer Fundamentals practices
• Business writing and math skills 

OCP C: Stock Clerk (150 Hours)

• Perform inventory control operations skills ·Perform industrial distribution skills

OCP D: Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing (225 Hours)

• Perform Industrial Distribution skills